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J. Cole performs onstage during the 2025 Dreamville Music Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on April 6, 2025, in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Prince Williams\/WireImage)<\/p>\n
J. Cole once felt “Lonely at the Top<\/a>,” but he was far from that during a temporary stop in Phoenix. His old Honda Civic broke down amid his Trunk Sale tour, and he was met with a crowd of fans while getting his vehicle fixed in the city.<\/p>\n “Tried to make it to LA before we go back home, the Civic said it had enough and broke on us! Phoenix, we here now while the car is getting fixed,” Cole wrote Monday on X<\/a>. “Gonna mob around the city in the sprinter selling CD\u2019s in the meantime.”<\/p>\n Video later surfaced<\/a> of a group of people outside the auto shop cheering and documenting as Cole waved hello and walked into the crowd.<\/p>\n Cole kicked off his Trunk Sale tour about two weeks ago and as with other aspects of the rollout for his The Fall-Off album, he explained the concept behind the move.<\/p>\n “As a teenager I had copies of the Fayettenam Bommuh\u2019s album that Nervous gave me to sell. I used to go up to the gas stations trying to sell the album to strangers ‘yo you like hip hop??’ Was the beginning of the sales pitch,” he wrote.<\/a> “When I was working on this album I had the desire to go feel that feeling again, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m about to do. Trunk Sale Tour 26!! I don\u2019t know where we bout to drive to, but catch me outside! Cop a CD from me or just show love. I truly appreciate all the love and the reaction to the music.”<\/p>\n